Roy Scheider: movies and TV shows
Roy Scheider has 116 credits in the archive: 93 films and 23 TV series, from 1951 to 2025. Highest rated: People's Choice Awards (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2025 · busiest year: 2001 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story | Self | Film | 7.5 | 92 |
| 2009 | The Shark Is Still Working | Narrator / Self | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2009 | Iron Cross | Joseph | Film | 5.8 | 76 |
| 2008 | Dark Honeymoon | Sam | Film | 3.2 | 75 |
| 2008 | Chicago 10 | Judge Julius Hoffman (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 75 |
| 2007 | The Poet | Rabbi | Film | 5.4 | 74 |
| 2007 | If I Didn't Care | Linus | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 2006 | Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 2005 | Dracula III: Legacy | Cardinal Siqueros | Film | 4.9 | 72 |
| 2004 | The Punisher | Frank Castle, Sr. | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2004 | Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Self | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2003 | Dracula II: Ascension | Cardinal Siqueros | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film | 7.9 | 70 |
| 2003 | Love Thy Neighbor | Fred | Film | 3.0 | 70 |
| 2003 | Citizen Verdict | Bull Tyler | Film | 3.9 | 70 |
| 2002 | Angels Don't Sleep Here | Mayor Harry S. Porter | Film | 2.8 | 69 |
| 2002 | King of Texas | Henry Westover | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2002 | Red Serpent | Hassan | Film | 3.0 | 69 |
| 2002 | Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2002 | Texas '46 | Colonel Gartner | Film | 5.0 | 69 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Mark Ford Brady | TV | 7.6 | 68 |
| 2001 | Warship | Narrator | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | Warship | TV | 8.0 | 68 | |
| 2001 | The Diamond Hunters | Jacobus Van der Byl | TV | 4.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | Time Lapse | Agent La Nova | Film | 4.5 | 68 |
| 2001 | The Making of Jaws 2 | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 68 |
| 2001 | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2001 | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2000 | Secrets of the Dead | Narrator | TV | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2000 | The Doorway | Professor Lamont | Film | 3.2 | 67 |
| 2000 | Hitler's Lost Sub | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2000 | Daybreak | Stan Marshall | Film | 4.9 | 67 |
| 2000 | Falling Through | Earl | Film | 4.3 | 67 |
| 2000 | Chain of Command | President Jack Cahill | Film | 5.4 | 67 |
| 2000 | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | Film | 8.1 | 67 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Roy Scheider | TV | 7.4 | 66 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Roy Scheider / Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 66 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Fyodor Chevchenko | TV | 7.9 | 66 |
| 1999 | The Seventh Scroll | Grant Schiller | TV | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | George Schaefer | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1999 | Silver Wolf | John Rockwell | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1999 | Jaws 5 | Martin Brody (archive footage) | Film | — | 66 |
| 1998 | So Graham Norton | Self | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1998 | Money Play$ | Johnny Tobin | Film | 4.8 | 65 |
| 1998 | Evasive Action | Enzo Marcelli | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1998 | The White Raven | Tom Heath | Film | 4.0 | 65 |
| 1998 | Better Living | Larry | Film | 3.8 | 65 |
| 1998 | World's Deadliest Sea Creatures | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Wilfred Keeley | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1997 | Executive Target | President Carlson | Film | 4.8 | 64 |
| 1997 | The Myth of Fingerprints | Hal | Film | 5.1 | 64 |
| 1997 | The Peacekeeper | President Robert Baker | Film | 4.8 | 64 |
| 1997 | Plato's Run | Senarkian | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1997 | The Definite Maybe | Eddie Jacobson | Film | 4.5 | 64 |
| 1997 | The Rage | Film | 3.7 | 64 | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | TV | 8.2 | 63 | |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jaws' | Self | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1994 | Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects | Self - Host | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1994 | Wild Justice | Peter Stride | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Captain Nathan Bridger | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1993 | Romeo Is Bleeding | Don Falcone | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV | Captain Nathan Bridger | Film | — | 60 |
| 1992 | When It Was a Game 2 | Passage Narrator (voice) | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Dr. Benway | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1991 | When It Was a Game | (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1990 | The Howard Stern Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1990 | The Russia House | Russell | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1990 | The Fourth War | Col. Jack Knowles | Film | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1990 | Bob Fosse: Steam Heat | Joe Gideon (archive footage) | Film | — | 57 |
| 1990 | Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture | Paul Marish | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1989 | Listen to Me | Charlie Nichols | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1989 | Night Game | Seaver | Film | 4.7 | 56 |
| 1989 | Cohen and Tate | Cohen | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1987 | Jaws: The Revenge | Martin Brody (archive footage) | Film | 4.1 | 54 |
| 1986 | 52 Pick-Up | Harry Mitchell | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1986 | The Men's Club | Cavanaugh | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 1986 | Follies: In Concert | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1984 | 2010 | Dr. Heywood Floyd | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1984 | 2010 : The Odyssey Continues | Himself | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1984 | Tiger Town | Billy Young | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder | Murphy | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1983 | Behind-the-Scenes: Blue Thunder | Film | — | 50 | |
| 1983 | Jacobo Timerman: Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number | Jacobo Timerman | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1982 | Still of the Night | Doctor Sam Rice | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Joe Gideon | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Harry Hannan | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1978 | Jaws 2 | Police Chief Martin Brody | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1977 | Sorcerer | Scanlon / 'Dominguez' | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Henry 'Doc' Levy | Film | 7.2 | 43 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 42 |
| 1975 | People's Choice Awards | Self | TV | 9.2 | 42 |
| 1975 | Jaws | Brody | Film | 7.7 | 42 |
| 1975 | Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sam Stoneman | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1974 | New England Our Way | Self | Film | — | 41 |
| 1973 | The Seven-Ups | Buddy - Seven-Up | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1972 | Assignment: Munich | Jack Webster | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1972 | The Assassination | Michael Howard | Film | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1972 | The Outside Man | Lenny | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1972 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | Film | 7.0 | 39 | |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 38 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 38 |
| 1971 | The French Connection | Buddy Russo | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1971 | Klute | Frank Ligourin | Film | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1970 | Puzzle of a Downfall Child | Mark | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1970 | Loving | Skip | Film | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Bennett | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1968 | Paper Lion | Man (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1964 | Smiles | Film | — | 31 | |
| 1964 | The Curse of the Living Corpse | Philip Sinclair | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1955 | A Wind from the South | Dancer (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 22 |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | TV | 4.5 | 21 | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 20 |
| 1951 | Love of Life | TV | 6.7 | 18 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Francesco Barberini | TV | 8.8 | 18 |